The Impact of Maternal Status Attributes on Gender Role Orientation and Success Striving of Female College Students

The aim of this study is to examine the ' impact of maternalstatus attributes on gender role attitude and success striving of female collegestudents. The subjects were 202 college girls randomly selected from fiveinstitutions of higher learning in Ethiopia. Data about the subjects werecollected through a questionnaire, a Gender Role Attitude (SRA) Scale and aFear of Success(FOS)Inventory. ANOVA procedure was employed to uncoverthe association among the variables considered. The results reveal that theeducation of the mother is significantly(p <.05) related to success striving,more egalitarian and less traditional attitude of college girls. The implicationsin terms of promoting gender issues and related policies are 'also discussed inthis paper.